So why is a so-called “compliment” to a woman like “You look good for your age” not actually a compliment at all, but rather a backhander?
As in: “Considering how old you are, you look surprisingly good.”
WTF?
Did anyone, by the way, ask you to comment on or share your opinion about my age?
“You look good.”
That’s enough. At any age.
It’s sincere. It’s gentlemanly.
Adding an age comparison is patronizing.
A compliment is far more pleasant without comparison.
The fact that the years I’ve lived don’t show on my body is thanks to you, dear men!
It is precisely because of you that I’ve spent half my life fully oiled, performing acrobatics around your naked body, every muscle in my own body alive and dancing.
There is, however, one place where my age and life experience show very clearly:
I know what to do with a naked man.